Factors Influencing the Performance of Springboard Dives of Increasing Difficulty

摘要

Major factors influencing the ability of divers to perform nontwisting spring- board dives of increasing degree of difficulty were investigated. The analysis was based upon 49 dives (42 in pike and 7 in tuck) executed by male and female medalists in the 1996 Olympics. Videotapes were digitized to determine competi- tors' vertical velocities and angular momenta at the beginning of dive flight. Competi- tors' vertical velocities and angular momenta at the beginning of dive flight. Cen- tripetal force and resultant joint torque models were used to estimate the effort needed to perform multiple somersaulting dives.